Paul Gilmartin wrote:
I understand. But would you propose an alternative?
-- gil
How about adding support for DISP=(REPLACE,DELETE) or DISP=(DELETE,DELETE)?
Either would essentially delete the dataset exists, and then allocate
the dataset as new. This would also allow the construct
DISP=(REPLACE,CATLG,DELETE) to function like DISP=(NEW,CATLG,DELETE),
but without causing a JCL error if the dataset happens to already
exist. This latter JCL error being a particular bane of mine.
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